Sentences with phrase «estimate global sea ice»

Finally, both Antarctic and Arctic sea ice extent is combined to estimate global sea ice extent in the figure below.

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In comparison, global sea levels are rising by about 3 millimetres a year, and a recent study estimated that one - third of that comes from ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland.

Greenland is more than twice as large as Texas and if the entire ice sheet melted, scientists estimate global sea levels would rise roughly 24 feet.

Recent estimates suggest the West Antarctic Ice Sheet alone could contribute 3.3 metres to long - term global sea level rise.

During this period, we estimate that the Eurasian Ice Sheet contributed around 2.5 metres to global sea level rise» states Patton.

The IPCC's overall estimate of global sea level rise, which includes all the other factors that affect sea levels, such as melt from Greenland's ice sheets and the oceans expanding as they warm, is 60 cm by 2100 (with a likely range of 42 to 80 cm).

A new study combines the latest observations with an ice sheet model to estimate that melting ice on the Antarctic ice sheet is likely to add 10 cm to global sea levels by 2100, but it could be as much as 30 cm.

Because there is so much water contained within the ice, as the ice melts, researchers estimate it could cause an alarming sea level rise affecting hundreds of millions of people along global coastlines.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

Global climate model projections (in CMIP3 at least) appear to underestimate sea ice extent losses with respect to observations, though this is not universally true for all models and some of them actually have ensemble spreads that are compatible with PIOMAS ice volume estimates and satellite observations of sea ice extent.

The sea - level estimates are consistent with those from delta18O curves and numerical ice sheet models, and imply a significant sensitivity of the WAIS and the coastal margins of the EAIS to orbital oscillations in insolation during the Mid-Pliocene period of relative global warmth.

If all of the currently available carbon resources — estimated to be around 10,000 gigatons — were burned, the Antarctic Ice Sheet would melt entirely and trigger a global sea - level rise of more than 50 meters, a new long - term modeling study suggests.

Barthélemy et al., 5.0 (range from 4.1 to 5.5), Modeling Our estimate is based on results from ensemble runs with the global ocean - sea ice coupled model NEMO - LIM3.

If all of the currently attainable carbon resources [estimated to be between 8500 and 13.600 GtC (4)-RSB- were burned, the Antarctic Ice Sheet would lose most of its mass, raising global sea level by more than 50 m. For the 125 GtC as well as the 500, 800, 2500, and 5000 GtC scenarios, the ice - covered area is depicted in white (ice - free bedrock in browIce Sheet would lose most of its mass, raising global sea level by more than 50 m. For the 125 GtC as well as the 500, 800, 2500, and 5000 GtC scenarios, the ice - covered area is depicted in white (ice - free bedrock in browice - covered area is depicted in white (ice - free bedrock in browice - free bedrock in brown).

Arbetter, 4.7, Statistical A statistical model using regional observations of sea ice area and global NCEP air temperature, sea level pressure, and freezing degree day estimates continues the trend of projecting below - average summer sea ice conditions for the Arctic.

If the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet were to disintegrate, estimates suggest it could raise global sea levels by 3.3 to 6 meters.

Its estimated ice volume and contribution to mean global sea level reside well within their ranges of natural variability, and from the current looks of things, they are not likely to depart from those ranges any time soon.

Consistent with the aforementioned sea level rise acceleration, a number of articles have projected global sea level rise of around 1m or more by 2100, based on past estimates of sea level rise (in response to warming) and based on melting of land ice (with thermal expansion):

Both the observations of mass balance and the estimates based on temperature changes (Table 11.4) indicate a reduction of mass of glaciers and ice caps in the recent past, giving a contribution to global - average sea level of 0.2 to 0.4 mm / yr over the last hundred years.

A simple method for estimating the global radiative forcing caused by the sea - ice - albedo feedback in the Arctic is presented.

«The CCR - II report correctly explains that most of the reports on global warming and its impacts on sea - level rise, ice melts, glacial retreats, impact on crop production, extreme weather events, rainfall changes, etc. have not properly considered factors such as physical impacts of human activities, natural variability in climate, lopsided models used in the prediction of production estimates, etc..

The IPCC 2007 Fourth Assessment of climate change science concluded that large reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases, principally CO2, are needed soon to slow the increase of atmospheric concentrations, and avoid reaching unacceptable levels.However, climate change is happening even faster than previously estimated; global CO2 emissions since 2000 have been higher than even the highest predictions, Arctic sea ice has been melting at rates much faster than predicted, and the rise in the sea level has become more rapid.

Many more flawed or misleading presentations of Global Warming science exist in the book, including those on Arctic sea ice thinning, correction of land - based temperature measurements for the urban heat island effect, satellite vs. ground - based measurements of Earth's warming, and controversies over sea level rise estimates.

Barthélemy et al, 5.1 (4.5 - 5.6), Modeling Our estimate is based on results from ensemble runs with the global ocean - sea ice coupled model Nucleus for European Modeling of the Ocean Louvain - la - Neuve Sea Ice Model (NEMO - LIMsea ice coupled model Nucleus for European Modeling of the Ocean Louvain - la - Neuve Sea Ice Model (NEMO - LIMice coupled model Nucleus for European Modeling of the Ocean Louvain - la - Neuve Sea Ice Model (NEMO - LIMSea Ice Model (NEMO - LIMIce Model (NEMO - LIM3).

Our estimate is based on results from ensemble runs with the global ocean - sea ice coupled model NEMO - LIM3.

During this period, we estimate that the Eurasian Ice Sheet contributed around 2.5 metres to global sea level rise» states Patton.

All of these characteristics (except for the ocean temperature) have been used in SAR and TAR IPCC (Houghton et al. 1996; 2001) reports for model - data inter-comparison: we considered as tolerable the following intervals for the annual means of the following climate characteristics which encompass corresponding empirical estimates: global SAT 13.1 — 14.1 °C (Jones et al. 1999); area of sea ice in the Northern Hemisphere 6 — 14 mil km2 and in the Southern Hemisphere 6 — 18 mil km2 (Cavalieri et al. 2003); total precipitation rate 2.45 — 3.05 mm / day (Legates 1995); maximum Atlantic northward heat transport 0.5 — 1.5 PW (Ganachaud and Wunsch 2003); maximum of North Atlantic meridional overturning stream function 15 — 25 Sv (Talley et al. 2003), volume averaged ocean temperature 3 — 5 °C (Levitus 1982).

If — or more likely when — Thwaites and its neighbour, the Pine Island glacier, ultimately lose all their ice, one estimate suggests that could raise global sea levels by about 3.4 m, enough to affect every coastal city on Earth.

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Barthélemy et al., 3.8 (2.6 - 4.6), Modeling (ice - ocean) Our estimate is based on results from ensemble runs with the global ocean - sea ice coupled model NEMO - LIM3.

The IPCC's overall estimate of global sea level rise, which includes all the other factors that affect sea levels, such as melt from Greenland's ice sheets and the oceans expanding as they warm, is 60 cm by 2100 (with a likely range of 42 to 80 cm).

The IPCC's overall estimate of global sea level rise, which includes all the other factors that affect sea levels, such as melt from Greenland's ice sheets and the oceans expanding as they warm,

Previous climate change models predicted that global sea levels would rise by a meter by the year 2100 due in part to melting Antarctic ice, but those estimates have proven to be flawed.

Barthelemy et al, 4.70 (3.50 - 5.50), Modeling Our estimate is based on results from ensemble runs with the global ocean - sea ice coupled model NEMO - LIM3.

Estimates of ice volume in northern hemisphere permafrost range from 1.1 to 3.7 x1013 m3 (Zhang et al., 1999), equivalent to 0.03 to 0.10 m of global - average sea level.

RE: 4th Error -RCB- Poses an objection to the non-scientific term catastrophic [NOTE: Scientific «consensus» is often being used & / or implied in standard climate - change discourse - Yet Consensus is a Political Term - NOT a Scientific Term]- HOWEVER - When Jim Hansen, the IPCC & Al Gore, et - al - go from predicting 450 — 500 ppm CO2 to 800 — 1000ppm by the end of the 21st century -LCB- said to the be highest atmospheric CO2 content in 20 — 30 Million YRS -RCB-; — & estimates for aver global temps by 21st century's end go from 2 * C to 6 * C to 10 * C; — & increased sea level estimates go from 10 - 20 cm to 50 - 60 cm to 1M — 2M -LCB- which would totally submerge the Maldives & partially so Bangladesh -RCB-; — predictions of the total melting of the Himalayan Ice caps by 2050, near total melting of Greenland's ice sheet & partial melting of Antarctica's ice sheet before the 21st century's end; — massive crop failures; — more intense & frequent hurricane -LCB- ala Katrina -RCB- for much longer seasonal durations, etc, etc, etc... — IMO That's Sounds pretty damned CATASTROPHIC to Ice caps by 2050, near total melting of Greenland's ice sheet & partial melting of Antarctica's ice sheet before the 21st century's end; — massive crop failures; — more intense & frequent hurricane -LCB- ala Katrina -RCB- for much longer seasonal durations, etc, etc, etc... — IMO That's Sounds pretty damned CATASTROPHIC to ice sheet & partial melting of Antarctica's ice sheet before the 21st century's end; — massive crop failures; — more intense & frequent hurricane -LCB- ala Katrina -RCB- for much longer seasonal durations, etc, etc, etc... — IMO That's Sounds pretty damned CATASTROPHIC to ice sheet before the 21st century's end; — massive crop failures; — more intense & frequent hurricane -LCB- ala Katrina -RCB- for much longer seasonal durations, etc, etc, etc... — IMO That's Sounds pretty damned CATASTROPHIC to ME!

Despite the stability of those ice sheets in the Holocene, there is evidence that sea level was much more variable during the Eemian, when we estimate the peak global temperature was only +1.0 °C warmer than in the first decade of the twenty - first century.

Current total ice - loss in Greenland is running at an estimated 200 Gte / yr and Antarctica at 150 Gte / yr (with ice mass gain in the east and loss in the west — with some estimates of a net gain)-- at that rate of 1mm / yr, by 2100 the global ice - loss would raise sea level by a little over 3 inches.

As with IMBIE 2012, it will collate, compare, integrate, interpret, and report satellite estimates of ice sheet mass balance, with the overall aim of producing a community assessment of Greenland and Antarctica's ongoing contributions to global sea level rise.

The three studies, using different methodologies to estimate the global surface albedo feedback associated with snow and sea ice changes, all suggest that this feedback is positive in all the models, and that its range is much smaller than that of cloud feedbacks.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

A 2014 study estimated global sea level rise — from all sources, not just ice - sheet melt — at 90 percent probability for the 21st century: 0.3 to 0.8 meters under RCP 2.6, 0.4 to 0.9 meters under RCP 4.5, and 0.5 to 1.2 meters under RCP 8.5.

Estimating the Global Radiative Impact of the Sea - Ice - Albedo Feedback in the Arctic..

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Global sea - level was estimated to have been at least 5 metres higher, resulting from a reduction in size of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets.